Getty Villa

Yesterday we had a fun day at the Getty Villa. It was beautiful and a great thing to do even though it rained in the morning! By the afternoon the sun was out and shining bright!! Thanks Anne and Zoie for inviting us to come along, and thanks for coming with us Serene!! We had a great time!

Our Little Artist

Kurtis has really started to enjoy drawing and is getting pretty good at it too. He loves to draw cars especially Herbie and his family. I was pretty impressed because it was the first drawing of his family we all had arms, legs, and bodies not just scribble. Here is some of his artwork.

Celebration!!

This week Derick and I celebrated our Anniversary, 6 Years!! I remember the special day like it was yesterday walking into the temple and seeing him standing there waiting for me as he would for the rest of his life! At least I can admit I am the one that is always late! I am very blessed to have him and appreciate all that we have been able to do together! Six years is just the beginning, Love you!

My hobby!

I hope that Erin does not check out my blog very frequently, hopefully I can deliver it to her this week!! Anyways, I have been working on my quilting skills and made this Noah's Ark quilt for my friends new adorable baby girl. I had fun doing it, and it was pretty quick and easy!!

Looks like I have a lot more to do with everyone having babies soon, Congratulations everyone (You know who you are)!

Rainy Day

Last week the weather was a bit rainy so we had to be creative and find things to do around the house. Kurtis taught me how to play hockey, his favorite part was "checking" me (I am learning lots of fun things that Kurtis and Derick used to do during the day!!), we made up an obstacle course for Speed Racer to race through, and then we made an entire playdough family. Simple things, but we had a ton of fun together!! Then we had a wonderful Sunday. Here are some updated photos:

Giving Blood

Derick volunteered to give blood last Saturday, so we decided to make it a family trip!! As we drove up Kurtis saw a Red Cross Hummer and was so excited to go up to it and see the engine. For those of us who can not give blood (because we pass out...not sure who that is), thank you Derick for being so strong that you can suffer through the pain and give blood. Anyone who can should, I know especially in CA right now they need it. Here are some fun pictures of our experience!

Kurtis Hair Cut

Kurtis started preschool last week, so we decided he needed a hair cut this week. After some time he decided it would be ok for me to cut his hair. When I started he said "momma this is nothing", he was a little scared! Afterwards though he was so excited that his hair was cut like his friends Josh and Sam!! Here are the pictures of his wonderful (and much needed) hair cut! He really did not want me to take photos, he was too busy playing!

The before, shaggy and over his ears!

Family Vacation

So here are the photos of our vacation, there were really too many, so this is the easiest way to show everything we did!! We really enjoyed our time, and having the entire Gholson Family together!! These are just a few of the photos, I will do some other blogs with some other highlights of the trip!!

S-A-A-N-T-A C-L-A-U-S!!!!

We also went and saw Santa Claus at The Short Pump Mall!! We had a lot of fun with GG, Pops and Nanny. So, he did not cry but was a bit shy, he was too funny! The video shows me handing him to Santa but what you don't hear is me saying "Ok you ready, just take the pictures and tell him what you want", well he did, he smiled in Santa's lap and then immediately when Santa said what do you want, he said "a black train" and got right off of his lap!! We also rode the train(a small bunch of carts in the mall fashioned to look like a steam engine carrying freight). Kurtis was very happy to see the REAL Santa, and not all those imposter Clause's at the other malls we go to!

Family Time...

Kurtis and I left poor Derick back in rainy CA and flew to VA where it was actually warm for the first few days at least. We had lots of fun with Pops and GG but missed Derick terribly.

Here are some of the fun games we came up with at their house.

Finally Happy Holidays!

Hear No Evil

Speak No Evil

See No Evil

(For Christmas At Least!)

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

Love,

The Pikula's

Christmas Fun!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Holiday Card

Every year we try so hard to get a photo of all three of us looking good at the same time!! With only three people you would not think it is that hard...SERIOUSLY!!

Anyways, we have our holiday card which we will post electronically on our blog a little later, but for your viewing pleasure here are the photos that did not make it to the card!!

We finally thought, lets just put photos of Kurtis...that did not work out very well either! Hope you all are enjoying your wonderful holiday season!!